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upstart writes:It's official: Ireland's first satellite EIRSAT-1 to launch early next year:

upstart writes:Coming soon to a job near you: Knowing what it pays:

upstart writes:Rishi Sunak to Become Next UK Prime Minister:

upstart writes:Filthy floodwaters from Hurricane Ian drove wave of flesh-eating infections:

upstart writes:NASA OKs ISS spacewalks after upgrading helmets:

Microsoft Confirms Customer Data Leak but Disputes Scopeupstart writes:Microsoft confirms customer data leak but disputes scope:

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Fnord666 writes:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-Alikes

An Anonymous Coward writes:Our future in space relies on settling the Moon and using it as a base to probe the deepest questions in the cosmos:

upstart writes:Rolls Royce Announces Its First All-Electric 'Ultra Luxury Super Coupe':

owl writes:http://davidbau.com/archives/2010/03/14/the_mystery_of_355113.html

canopic jug writes:It's FOSS does a quick review of 13 independent Linux distros which have been built from scratch.They exclude the three very obvious and popular ones Debian, Fedora, and Arch which are not only widely used on their own but also used as the foundation for hundreds of derivatives.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent:

mhajicek writes:"In Medieval Europe, soldiers wore steel plate armour for protection during warfare. Armour design reflected a trade-off between protection and mobility it offered the wearer. By the fifteenth century, a typical suit of field armour weighed between 30 and 50 kg and was distributed over the entire body. How much wearing armour affected Medieval soldiers' locomotor energetics and biomechanics is unknown. We investigated the mechanics and the energetic cost of locomotion in armour, and determined the effects on physical performance. We found that the net cost of locomotion (Cmet) during armoured walking and running is much more energetically expensive than unloaded locomotion. Cmet for locomotion in armour was 2.1–2.3 times higher for walking, and 1.9 times higher for running when compared with Cmet for unloaded locomotion at the same speed. An important component of the increased energy use results from the extra force that must be generated to support the additional mass. However, the energetic cost of locomotion in armour was also much higher than equivalent trunk loading. This additional cost is mostly explained by the increased energy required to swing the limbs and impaired breathing. Our findings can predict age-associated decline in Medieval soldiers' physical performance, and have potential implications in understanding the outcomes of past European military battles."In my experience doing medieval reenactment fighting, wearing armor that's well fitted to you, once you're used to it, does not significantly effect your speed or agility, but it does tire you out faster. This study would seem to confirm this, and could be of interest to anyone writing realistic RPG rules.Journal Reference:

takyon writes:Record 1.84 Petabit/s Data Transfer Achieved With Photonic Chip, Fiber Optic Cable

upstart writes:Manufacturers could be forced to include repair instructions:

upstart writes:Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain:

upstart writes:Part of lost star catalog of Hipparchus found lurking under medieval codex:

A mysterious unnamed contributor writes:U of Iowa has started testing an autonomous vehicle under rural conditions--long routes, roads with no lane markings, snow/ice, and eventually gravel roads as well (in a later phase). This link includes a summary of their work during the first year of the project, https://autonomoustuff.com/velocity-magazine/velocity-2022/on-the-rural-road-to-autonomy The study was, "initiated by the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center and funded by a $7 million USD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)..."In true big-Federal-budget style, they have commissioned and built a test vehicle into a Ford Transit 350HD with every known (to me) autonomous sensor and buzz-word technology:

upstart writes:Mars rover Curiosity reaches sulfate-rich Mount Sharp:

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upstart writes:GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit:

upstart writes:Meta grudgingly agrees to sell Giphy after admitting defeat in UK battle:

upstart writes:Billions in funding could kick-start the US battery materials industry:

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upstart writes:Why do mosquitos attack some folks and ignore others? Science has an answer:

hubie writes:Given a choice, captive bears mimic mixed diets of their wild peers:

hubie writes:A new study from Uppsala University shows that using a weighted blanket at bedtime increases melatonin in young adults:

upstart writes:Russia finds 40% of its Chinese chip imports are defective:

upstart writes:How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuke:

upstart writes:USB-C can hit 120Gbps with newly published USB4 Version 2.0 spec:

upstart writes:Germany dismisses cybersecurity chief over alleged Russian ties:

takyon writes:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after failed budget and market turmoil

takyon writes:SpaceX's Rideshare program will now allow customers to launch a 50 kilogram payload for $275,000, down from a previous minimum of 200 kilograms for $1.1 million.SpaceX slashes base price of smallsat rideshare program, adds "Plates"

fliptop writes:A Greek financial journalist is one of several who believe they have been targeted for surveillance by the nation's government with the help of Intellexa:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Aridity appears to configure landscapes with a greater diversity of plant species that rely on symbiotic bacteria for nitrogen:

upstart writes:The Shahed-136 drones are made in Iran, which is reportedly supplying Russia in its ongoing assault of Ukraine:

An Anonymous Coward writes:According to the researchers, blood vessel cells are a key regulator of brown fat and energy metabolism:

upstart writes:Impressive distro is somewhere between a tech demo and a power user's tool:

hubie writes:Mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a passing dwarf galaxy:

upstart writes:The supply chain it needs simply doesn't exist, but that could work to GM's advantage:

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owl writes:https://www.leadedsolder.com/2022/10/15/pwp50sx-nec-mini5-psu-repair-pickup.html

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upstart writes:Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots:

upstart writes:CPU requirements are holding many systems back:

upstart writes:The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Sting against Deadbolt ransomware groups provides victims with a way to get encrypted files back without paying up:

canopic jug writes:The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has announced, with plenty of hints long in advance, that the ISC DHCP Server has reached EOL. The ISC's DHCP software has been available since the late 1990s and is widely used to automate the assignment of IPv4 addresses to a dynamic pool of clients. The article covers the ISC DHCP suite's history and evolution, along with brief biographies of its four main authors over its lifecycle. The main reasons for reaching EOL are that the codebase is very mature at this point and, significantly, the code base has not been designed for testability.